Grady County-GHM-065-1 Cairo,Ga.
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N 30° 52.731 W 084° 12.484
16R E 766921 N 3419514
Located at 250 North Broad Street Cairo,Ga
Waymark Code: WM7E2T
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2009
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This County, created by Act of the Legislature Aug. 17, 1905, is named for Henry W. Grady, nationally famous editor and `silver tongued orator` of the New South. Born in Athens, Ga., in 1850 and educated at the Universities of Georgia & Virginia, he died in 1889. Among he first County Officers were: Sheriff D.W. Tyus, Ordinary P.H. Herring, Clerk of Superior Court W.T. Crawford. Tax Receiver W.R. Wynn, Tax Collector R.W. Ponder, Treasurer M.G. McManus, Surveyor D.A. Jones, Coroner E.G. Harrell, School Commissioner J.B. Wright and Representative R.R. Terrell.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 065-1
Date: 1996
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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